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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 36
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 36th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1988
| award_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| presenting_org = [[R. Venkataraman]] {{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1989|05|31}}
| site =
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Ashok Kumar]]
| best_feature = ''[[Piravi]]''
| best_non_feature = ''Kanaka Purandara''
| best_book = ''The Moving Image''
| best_critic = Manmohan Chadha
| most_wins = ''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]'' (5)
| last = 35th
| next = 37th
}}

The '''36th [[National Film Awards]]''', presented by [[Directorate of Film Festivals]], the organisation set up by [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India]] to felicitate the best of [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]] released in the year 1988.<ref name="36thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/81_36thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153343/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/81_36thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place in 1989.

== Awards ==

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

=== Lifetime Achievement Award ===

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|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Image
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awarded as
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
|[[File:Ashok Kumar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[Ashok Kumar]]
|[[Actor]]
|Swarna Kamal, {{INR}} 1,00,000 and a shawl
|}

=== Feature films ===

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 36th National Film Awards, a [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]], ''[[Piravi]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] whereas a [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu film]], ''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]'' won the maximum number of awards (5). Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="36thaward" />

==== Juries ====

A committee headed by [[Tapan Sinha]] was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:<ref name="36thaward" />
* '''Jury members'''
** [[Tapan Sinha]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Balu Mahendra]]{{•}}[[Bharathiraja]]{{•}}[[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]]{{•}}Bimal Dutt{{•}}Charu Kamal Hazarika{{•}}Dhira Biswal{{•}}[[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]]{{•}}J. P. Das{{•}}Jayoo Patwardhan{{•}}Lakshmi Deepak{{•}}N. Lakshmi Narayan{{•}}Niranjan Roy{{•}}[[C. Radhakrishnan]]{{•}}V. Raja Krishnan{{•}}Vasant Chaudhury

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:<ref name="36thaward" />

===== Golden Lotus Award =====

Official name: Swarna Kamal<ref name="36thaward" />

All awardees receive the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Piravi]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: S. Jayachandran Nair
|{{INR}} 50,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Shaji N. Karun]]
|{{INR}} 25,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For creative evocation of human pathos with refined cinematic sensitivity."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]]
|''[[Trishagni]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer and Director: [[Nabendu Ghosh]]
|{{INR}} 25,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For excellent exploration of complex philosophical theme for the first time in Indian cinema."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi / [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|Producer: M/s Nasir Hussain Films
|{{INR}} 40,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Mansoor Khan]]
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For presenting fresh and clean charm on celluloid with discerning imagination."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Manu Uncle]]''
|rowspan="2"|Malayalam
|Producer: [[Joy Thomas (producer)|Joy Thomas]]
|{{INR}} 30,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Dennis Joseph]]
|{{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For endearing and hilarious picturisation which promotes a sense of adventure among children."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Piravi]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Shaji N. Karun]]
|{{INR}} 50,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For remarkable success in accomplishing fusion of various elements and creating new heights of cinematic aesthetics"
|}

===== Silver Lotus Award =====

Official name: Rajat Kamal<ref name="36thaward" />

All awardees receive the Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rudraveena (film)|Rudraveena]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Producer: [[Nagendra Babu]]
|{{INR}} 30,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. Balachander]]
|{{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For presenting vertical as well as horizontal social integration on a musical plane and thus offering a cultural revolution as solution to maladies of the rural population."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Main Zinda Hoon]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]] and [[Doordarshan]]
|{{INR}} 30,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Sudhir Mishra]]
|{{INR}} 15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For portraying with redeemed finesse the saga of the agony of the middle class working woman."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[Piravi]]''
|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|[[Premji]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For excellence in restrained performance."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
|Telugu
|[[Archana (actress)|Archana]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the convincing portrayal of a 1925 Telanga Dasi girl who was subject to total exploitation."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''[[Raakh]]''
|Hindi
|[[Pankaj Kapoor]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Ek Din Achanak]]''
|Hindi
|[[Uttara Baokar]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "playing the difficult role of a wife caught in the midst of unique social and psychological predicament."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
|Hindi
|[[Shafiq Syed]]
|{{INR}} 5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the natural ease with which he has portrayed a slum child."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Rudraveena (film)|Rudraveena]]''
|Telugu
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For bringing playback singing a rare depth of emotion adorned by his command of classical idiom."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]''
|Malayalam
|[[K. S. Chithra]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For her clear and tuneful rendering of the song."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
|Telugu
|[[Apurba Kishore Bir]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For high technical excellence and creative participation in evolving the basic statement."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''[[In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones]]''
|[[English language|English]]
|[[Arundhati Roy]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For capturing the anguish prevailing among students of professional institutions."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]
|''[[Piravi]]''
|Malayalam
|[[T. Krishnanunni|T. Krishnan Unni]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For creatively helping to capture and sustain the delicate seasonal and emotional mood of the film."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|''[[Raakh]]''
|Hindi
|[[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For his precise use of time and juxtaposition in bringing out creatively the internal turmoil of a modern youth."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
|''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
|Telugu
|[[Thota Vaikuntam|T. Vaikuntham]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For his minute care and concern for detail of prop and decor, creating a period locale which becomes an amalgamated part of the film enhancing its aesthetic value"
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
|Telugu
|Sudharshan
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For his tender handling of warped fabric and jewellery with correct hues and authenticity."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Rudraveena (film)|Rudraveena]]''
|Telugu
|[[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For creating an innovative score which brings out the splendour of classical tradition and blends it beautifully with modern sensibilities."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]]
|''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]''
|Malayalam
|[[O. N. V. Kurup]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the rare poetic heights reached in all lyrics in the film."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]]
|''Vasundhara''
|Hindi
|Ashok Ahuja ([[Film director|Director]])
|{{INR}} 5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the sensitive and compulsive evolution of the much needed love for the eco-system and for defining the role of humanity in saving mankind and nature from devastation."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)|Special Mention]]
|{{•}}''[[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]]'' {{•}}''[[Raakh]]''
|Hindi
|[[Aamir Khan]] ([[Actor]])
|Certificate only
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the imaginative, innovative and promising performance of character roles in the films."
|}

==== Regional awards ====

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.<ref name="36thaward" />

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|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:13%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
|rowspan="2"|''Kolahal''
|Producer: [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For taking up the bold theme of the struggle of a deserted woman caught between convection and the desire to live."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''
|Producer: [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]], [[Mirabai Films]] and [[Doordarshan]]
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Mira Nair]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For exploring the tragic realities of life for the homeless children and women and those enmashed by drugs."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|rowspan="2"|''Bannada Vesha''
|Producer: [[Doordarshan]]
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Girish Kasaravalli]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For superb blend of different departments of film-making to bring out lyrically the predicament of performing artiste and his quest for identity."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rugmini]]''
|Producer: S. C. Pillai and Gigy Abraham
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. P. Kumaran]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For compassionate depiction of the human condition permeating the dark realities of a social evil."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya|Best Feature Film in Oriya]]
|rowspan="2"|''Kichi Smruti Kichi Anubhuti''
|Producer: K. Jagadeswari
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Manmohan Mahapatra]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For the cinematic depiction of the past, present and future of the psyche of a representative village."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]''
|Producer: B. Ramachandra Rao
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[B. Narsing Rao]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For portraying the grim reality of a feaudal milieu through original and rare use of film language."
|}

'''Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution'''

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:33%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones]]''
|Producer: [[Pradip Krishen]]
|{{INR}} 20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Pradip Krishen]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For portrayal of the agonies and aspiration of the present day student community in excellent cinematic language."
|}

=== Non-feature films ===

Short films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

==== Juries ====

A committee headed by [[Homi Sethna]] was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:<ref name="36thaward" />
* '''Jury Members'''
** [[Homi Sethna]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Jagmohan{{•}}Samiran Dutta{{•}}[[Ram Mohan]]{{•}}[[Rajiv Mehrotra]]

==== Golden Lotus Award ====

Official name: Swarna Kamal<ref name="36thaward" />

All the awardees receive the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:31%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|Best Non-Feature Film]]
|''Kanaka Purandara''
|[[Kannada]]
|Producer: [[Girish Karnad]] {{small|for}} [[Films Division of India|Films Division]] Director: Girish Karnad
|{{INR}} 15,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For communicating, through the lives of Kanakadas and Purandaradas, the many facets of Bhakti, transcending all barriers of caste and creed, encompassing the love of man for man and man for God, using an {{sic}} unique fusion of different elements of cinema of the documentary genre."
|}

==== Silver Lotus Award ====

Official name: Rajat Kamal<ref name="36thaward" />

All the awardees receive the Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:32%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:13%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film|Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film]]
|''Maa Oru''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Producer: B. Ramachandra Rao Director: [[B. Narsing Rao]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For recalling with nostalgia the life of a village community of the fifties in Telangana and does so with sensitivity and a graphic lyricism."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film|Best Arts / Cultural Film]]
|''Scroll Painters of Birbhum (Patua)''
|English
|Producer: Dilip Ghosh and Biswanath Bose Director: Raja Mitra
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For portraying with sensitivity and insight the vanishing tribe of the Muslim scroll painters whose essentially secular art harmonises painting and singing."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Scientific Film|Best Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology)]]
|''Reconstructive Surgery Leprosy (Hand)''
|English
|Producer: Jal Mehta Director: Anil Revankar
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For its meticulous and credible account of the reconstructive surgery on disfigured and disabled hands, evoking confidence in the scientific method and in indigenous endeavour."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Industrial Film|Best Industrial Film]]
|''The Duo''
|English
|Producer and Director: Sanat Kumar Dasgupta
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For capturing with economy and precision the mass production of ceramic and glassware in exquisite photographic detail."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film|Best Agricultural Film]]
|''Seeds of Hope''
|English
|Producer: M/s Eco Media Pvt Ltd. Director: [[Romulus Whitaker]] and Shekar Dattatri
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For its profound and intimate plea for afforestation, transcending the purely instructional aspects of the production of quality seeds and saplings."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Issues]]
|''Voices from Baliapal''
|English
|Producer: M/s Vector Productions Director: Vasudha Joshi and Ranjan Palit
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the meticulousness of its investigation and the clarity and conviction with which it carries the story of the non-violent resistance of the people of Baliapal against the establishing of a missile testing range of their rich and fertile lands."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational / Motivational Film]]
|''Chitthi''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: M/s Cinemart Foundation Director: [[Suhasini Mulay]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For its authentic and poignant enactment of the problem of illiteracy that is treated with compassion and gentle humour."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best News Review|Best News Review]]
|''More Than A Success Story (News Magazine No. 129)''
|English
|Producer: Biren Das {{small|for}} [[Films Division of India|Films Division]] Director: K. B. Nair
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For going beyond the limitations of the news film format to tell the inspiring and moving stories of those who triumphed over their socic-economic circumstances and physical diabilities."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short Fiction Film]]
|''The Story of Tiblu''
|[[Idu Mishmi language|Idu Mishmi]]
|Producer: [[Santosh Sivan]] {{small|for}} Films Division Director: Santosh Sivan
|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For telling the story of a spirited young tribal girl who comes into her own in the alien environment of an urban school, while retaining the innocence and sensitivity bred of living close to nature; and for capturing the freshness and spontaneity of its tribal actors in real life locations with enduring simplicity."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="4"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
|''Lacchmi''
|Hindi
|Producer: K. K. Garg {{small|for}} Films Division Director: [[Om Prakash Sharma (director)|Om Prakash Sharma]]
|rowspan="4"|{{INR}} 10,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For weaving a powerful family welfare message into a credible story told simply and gently."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Nirnay''
|Hindi
|Producer: B. R. Shedge {{small|for}} Films Division Director: R. R. Swamy
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' "For the clarity and simplicity with which, making effective use of both animation and live action, it communicates aspects of sterilisation, evoking confidence in its procedures."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Non-Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]]
|''Before My Eyes''
|Only Music
|[[Mani Kaul]]
|{{INR}} 5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For capturing the texture of Kashmir's landscape with a rare control over cinematic form that combines visual poetry with an effective use of sound on a track that uses no commentary."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award – Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)|Special Mention]]
|''Dispossession''
|English
|N. H. Prasad
|Certificate Only
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For its fresh and innovative experimentation with cinematic form, dealing with an unusual theme."
|}

=== Best Writing on Cinema ===

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

==== Juries ====

A committee headed by [[Chidananda Dasgupta]] was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:<ref name="36thaward" />
* '''Jury Members'''
** [[Chidananda Dasgupta]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}M. F. Thomas{{•}}Vinod Tiwari

==== Silver Lotus Award ====
Official name: Rajat Kamal<ref name="36thaward" />

All the awardees receive the Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Book
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]]
|''The Moving Image''
|[[English language|English]]
|[[Author]]: Kishore Vallicha [[Publishing|Publisher]]: [[Orient Blackswan|Orient Longman]]
|{{INR}} 10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For its analytic insights and its plausible theoretical framework."
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]]
|
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Manmohan Chadha
|{{INR}} 5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' "For the seriousness of his approach and the wide compass of his thoughts."
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="36thaward" />

{{col start}} {{col 3}}
* [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Biographical Film|Best Biographical Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film|Best Exploration / Adventure Film]]
{{col 3}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film|Best Animation Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film|Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri|Best Feature Film in Manipuri]]
{{col 3}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|Best Feature Film in Punjabi]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film]]
{{col end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in/Archive.aspx National Film Awards Archives]
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

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